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Article #4463Re: XMS vs EMS (performance)
From: Freedman
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 1991 17:49
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 1991 17:49
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In article <1991Jan30.134859.22160@linus.mitre.org> jfjr@mbunix.mitre.org (Freedman) writes:
> I have a Compaq 386/20e running DOS 3.3 with 4 megs of memory.
>I have the Clarkson packet drivers installed and I am building
>a TCP/IP analysis tool. One of the things I would like to do
>is to sit on the net and just receive and record all packets
>(time stamp them) for a while. I can receive and I have
>a millisecond timer (thanks for the help folks). The packets
>can come at me fast - up to 1.5k a packet with 2-3 millisecond
>separation-. My receiver runs at interrupt level as does my timer.
>Both EMS and XMS involve some fiddling around at interrupt level.
>I am concerned about stepping on my own feet with either approach.
>I am not concerned with portability or price. Just performance.
>full protected mode might be nice but I have to support the
>packet drivers too. I can get more memory or fancier hardware
>if I really need it(I think;) ).
As a follow up - anybody have any product recommendations?
Jerry Freedman,Jr
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!samsung!usc!apple!agate!linus!linus!mbunix.mitre.org!jfjr From: jfjr@mbunix.mitre.org (Freedman) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: XMS vs EMS (performance) Message-ID: <1991Jan30.174909.26476@linus.mitre.org> Date: 30 Jan 91 17:49:09 GMT References: <1991Jan30.134859.22160@linus.mitre.org> Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service) Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford MA Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: mbunix.mitre.org